Hello!
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 09:59:15PM -0400, Gray, Steve, Wipro wrote:
>> Hi,
> I am using nginx 1.0.15 running on Solaris 10. When I issue my
> "/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -s stop" command, I get this error
> "nginx: [crit] pread() "/opt/nginx" failed (21: Is a
> directory)". The funny thing is that I can issue
> "/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx" to start nginx and get no errors. Nginx
> starts okay. I can also issue "/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -V or v"
> and get no errors. The "nginx: [crit] pread() "/opt/nginx"
> failed (21: Is a directory)" error happens when I issue the
> command with the "-s stop|reload|quit|reopen" options.
> My configure argument is --prefix=/opt/nginx. Has anyone seen
> this or know why this is happening? Let me know if you need any
> more information from me.
The message suggests you have pid (either in config via
http://nginx.org/r/pid or with --pid-path configure argument) set
to "/opt/nginx". The fact that nginx starts is actually strange
though. Could you please provide "nginx -V" output and full
config used?
Maxim Dounin